NEWSWATCH Wall Street Journal: “Talks With Russia on EU-Ukraine Trade Deal Fail to Reach Compromise. Moscow makes new demands over bilateral accord set for Jan. 1”
The Wall Street Journal covers efforts by the EU and Ukraine to consult with Russia over an upcoming EU-Ukrainian trade deal.
Russia laid out a long list of demands for amending a sweeping trade deal between Ukraine and the European Union a month before the pact is due to be fully implemented…. at a fresh round of discussions among the three sides aimed at mitigating Russian concerns …. But … hopes are fading that a compromise can be found. * * * Brussels set up the three-way talks in July 2014 as a bid to ease tensions … after the annexation of Crimea and … the conflict in eastern Ukraine. * * * … the discussions don’t give Russia any veto ….